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Haven't used Calibre in about a year so I'm rusty on using it and just downloaded an update of 0.9.6. I want to load some PDFs (stop groaning, please!). Have 1 I made earlier on, so I know my Sony PRS-300 will take them. Put 1 on Calibre, but can't get it to convert to my reader even though I can see all the pages on my computer. My copy of Calibre doesn't match the newer graphics of the demo, but does confirm the update.
There may be more you need. I've read your stickies and don't see what I might be able to add to help explain this further. I don't receive a Conversion Error notice, it just doesn't seem to do anything when I tell it to convert. It does have my reader on file. I'm quite willing to believe this is something obvious that wouldn't have happened if I'd been using Calibre more recently. |
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Don't see my reply here. Must have been too tired when trying to post in the early a. m. Set it back to Defaults, but don't know how to break it up for the reader. It also had EPUB & original EPUB. Wound up successfully -- sort of -- downloading EPub except for a major reading problem. This small booklet of 64 pages is printed 2 to a page producing only 32 pages with some of the tiniest text imaginable. Using the enlarge button gives a slightly larger type, but the buttons to navigate then don't work worth a darn. I tried playing with them and there's not only no logic to them, but they also produce an occasional blank page where none exists in the double page format.
When I say it's small, even with a strong magnifying glass it's a pain to read. Never had this problem before and am stymied. Have 5 more of these I need to read and may just be chained to my computer to do it. HELP! Last edited by LoiS-sez; 11-17-2012 at 01:24 PM. |
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Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war...
A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death...because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they fail, their lives--and those of everyone they hold dear-- will be hovering on the edge of the grave.
About the Author
Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling—by car. Airplanes, children, and cookbooks frighten her.
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Series: Night Huntress Novels (Avon Books)
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Born Today: Birthday Profiles February |
follows are general characteristics for people born on a date in any birth year, based
on Astrology, Numerology, and Cartomancy.
If You Were Born Today, February 1: You are strong-minded and often quite stubborn when it comes to sticking to your
point of view. You are a highly original person who can be impulsive and
self-willed. You are also very magnetic and easy to look up to. You love to
start new things, but don't always have the follow through to complete them!
However, you are very strong at coming up with new ideas and having the courage
to act upon them. You are artistic and creative, and you remain youthful
throughout life. Famous
people born today: Lisa Marie Presley, Michael C. Hall, Rick James, Brandon Lee, Langston Hughes,
Clark Gable. If You Were Born Today, February 2:
Career and family are equally important to you--both of these things drive you.
You are a real achiever who has determination and willpower, as well as
intuition that serves you well. Spirit and beauty reflect from within, and
others cannot help but take notice of you. Very diplomatic, you are a peace
lover through and through, and bringing harmony to your environment and family
satisfies like nothing else. Famous
people born today: Farrah Fawcett, Shakira, Christie Brinkley, James Dickey,
James Joyce. If You Were Born Today, February 3:
You are inspired, flexible, and able to bounce back quickly from any setback.
Your imagination is wild, your expectations sometimes unrealistic, and your
compassion boundless. There is certainly an artistic streak in you, and whether
or not you can turn this into a career, you do see the world through an artist's
eyes. You are a true giver, but should be careful not to take on more than you
can handle--and this is true not only in career and day-to-day life, but in your
interpersonal relationships as well. Famous
people born today: Nathan Lane, James Michener, Gertrude Stein, Morgan
Fairchild. If You Were Born Today, February 4:
You are one of the most hard-working and productive of birthdays. Your attention
to detail is excellent, and your ability to organize and prioritize is
admirable. Determined and practical, others love your reliability as well as
your sound advice. You are proactive, and procrastination only makes you
nervous. You seem to have to work harder than others, not because you are
undeserving of lucky breaks, but perhaps because you don't ask for much help.
That's fine because you are perfectly capable of methodically and determinedly
going after what you want. Famous
people born today: Rosa Parks, Charles Lindbergh, Alice Cooper. If You Were Born Today, February 5:
You enjoy surprising people and whether you want to or not, you often remain a
bit of an enigma to the people around you. You have a strongly intuitive side.
Although you are actually quite accommodating and kind, you need to feel stirred
and inspired in order to do something. You are following your own instincts and
being true to your heart, and although it might seem like you are stubborn, you
are also very original and honest. Famous
people born today: Hank Aaron, Barbara Hershey, Christopher Guest, Jennifer
Jason Leigh. If You Were Born Today, February 6:
You are a peace-loving person who is sincerely concerned for others. There is an
intuitive and even psychic side to you, and you tend to radiate a calm and
appealing manner that readily attracts others. In fact, you are generally
considered extremely attractive no matter what you look like, as you radiate a
special warmth that is hard to resist. You have strong principles and values,
but you can also be quite self-indulgent, although usually unapologetically so.
Love and family mean the world to you. Famous
people born today: Ronald Raegan, Axl Rose, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bob Marley, Eva
Braun, Tom Brokaw, Natalie Cole. If You Were Born Today, February 7:
You are popular, interesting, and sociable person who truly loves people, but
who also values down time and privacy. You are congenial but nobody can push you
to do anything! You work on your own instincts, and you have to feel something
from inside before you decide what to do next. You enjoy travelling and
learning, and you intuitively know that there are so many things to discover and
learn in life than what meets the eye. You have a distinct and particular sense
of style. Famous
people born today: Charles Dickens, Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Earl King, Garth
Brooks, Laura Wilder. If You Were Born Today, February 8:
There is nothing modest about your ambitions, although you are generally patient
enough to pursue your long-term goals. You also have the drive and spirit to
achieve success. You are a responsible and respectable person who believes in
being fair to all. You are confident and frank, but also friendly and tactful.
Work is extremely important to you, and you have little patience for those who
don't do their fair share. You possess much stamina. Others can truly count on
you! Famous
people born today: James Dean, Seth Green, Lana Turner, Mary Steenburgen, Nick
Nolte. If You Were Born Today, February 9:
You are a person who is very committed to what you believe in, and sometimes
very stubbornly so! You are a true artist at heart--creative to an extreme, and
sometimes nervous if you are not channelling your considerable artistic talent
constructively. Compassionate and concerned, you care much about others, but
often come across in a detached manner. It is very important that you finish the
projects you start, which is not always easy for you, in order to feel content
and satisfied. Famous people born today: Alice Walker, Mia Farrow, Joe Pesci, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dean
Rusk. If You Were Born Today, February 10:
While you certainly have an independent streak, partnership is extremely
important to you. Nothing pleases you more than a special friendship, learning
about one another, and growing through your connection. You quite easily take
the lead, however, and others naturally follow. You are passionate and
strong--perhaps intimidating to some because of this strength. Famous people
born today: Laura Dern, Robert Wagner, Boris Pasternak, Elizabeth Banks, George
Stephanopoulos, Larry Adler, Alexander Payne. If You Were Born Today, February 11:
Strong, success-oriented, and possessing tremendous personal presence and
appeal, there is very little that can stop you from achieving your dreams in
life. You also have the power to influence and inspire others. Your perspective
is unique, sometimes to the point that you rarely feel understood. You possess
the courage to take some risks and to experiment in life, and you are always
aware of the need to go through transformations and periodic renewals in order
to better yourself. You are extremely creative and imaginative. Famous people
born today: Thomas Edison, Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Crow, Burt Reynolds, Leslie
Nielson, Eva Gabor, Taylor Lautner, Damian Lewis. If You Were Born Today, February 12: You are a strong-minded person who is not always tactful, even though you are
gifted with expression, but generally very straightforward. You love a good
competition, particularly on a mental level. Success is important to you, and
you usually achieve what you set out to do. Impatience can be a problem that you
gradually manage better as you mature in life. Your visual memory is excellent
and artistic taste quite refined.
Famous people born today: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Christina Ricci, Judy
Blume, Joanna Kerns, Arsenio Hall. If You Were Born Today, February 13:
You work very hard for the things that are important to you. You instinctively
appreciate what you have and that it might not be there tomorrow. While this
could translate to nervousness or perhaps pessimism, especially when it comes to
money, many of you are simply determined, proactive, hard-working, and
realistic. You are highly intelligent and intuitive. Others can rely upon you. Famous
people born today: Peter Gabriel, Kim Novak, Stockard Channing, Jerry Springer,
Mena Suvari. If You Were Born Today, February 14:
Youthful no matter your age, you are spirited and playful, yet you are no
stranger to hard work. Your ideas are unique and well ahead of your time. You
are a natural born entrepreneur with seemingly unlimited ideas for not only
making money but also for unique products and services. Many of you have a
strong interest in history. Given to some worry, this does help you to meet your
responsibilities and commitments, but keeping a fresh perspective is something
you need to work on in order to avoid pessimism or nervousness. Famous
people born today: Florence Henderson, Jack Benny, Gregory Hines, Meg Tilly. If You Were Born Today, February 15: Your
personal magnetism is great, and your need for loving, harmonious, and balanced
surroundings perhaps greater. You have a very unique spin on the world and love
to share it with others. You are creative and usually good at writing or other
expressive arts, and you also have a strong business sense. Forgiving and
tolerant, few people so easily accept others for exactly who they are. You are
also very perceptive and pick up on all the subtleties of human interaction. Famous
people born today: Galileo, Susan B. Anthony, Harvey Korman, Jane Seymour, Matt
Groening, Chris Farley. If You Were Born Today, February 16:
Passionate and loving yet independent, you are not always easily understood.
Your life is changeful in part because of a deep inner need to reinvent yourself
from time to time. You possess inner vision and can be quite spiritual. Learning
to believe in yourself but also to put faith in the universe rather than
attempting to over-control your life are keys to your success. When inspired,
you are hard-working and determined. Famous
people born today: John McEnroe, Sonny Bono, LeVar Burton, Margaux Hemingway. If You Were Born Today, February 17:
You are a responsible, success-oriented, and driven person who rises to most any
challenge that comes your way. Your staying power is tremendous, and others are
generally in awe of your ability to overcome obstacles. Your professional life
is extremely important to you. You need to be careful that your worldly
ambitions don't take over your life. Others admire you for your cool and
collected approach to the world, and although you enjoy this reputation, it can
come at a price--you don't always open your heart to others and might feel alone
even if you are surrounded by people. Famous
people born today: Rene Russo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Jordan, Denise
Richards, Billie Joe Armstrong, Paris Hilton, Margaret Truman. If You Were Born Today, February 18:
You have a true love of beauty and harmony, as well as exceptional appeal.
While comfort and pleasure are important to you, you are no stranger to hard
work. Work hard and play hard could be your motto. You go over the top for those
you love. You are generous and well-liked. The spiritual and idealistic side to
you is well-developed. Famous people
born today: Cybill Shepherd, Yoko Ono, Vanna White, Matt Dillon, John
Travolta, Dr. Dre, Molly Ringwald. If You Were Born Today, February 19:
You are self-reliant, practical, and independent. Your artistic talents are
many. Private time is especially important to you, as you need it to recharge
and to feel fresh once again. Your moral views are on the traditional side, and
you set high standards for yourself. You are emotional and at times moody, and
your personal charm and charisma is great. Your greatest rewards and success
come from your responsibility and hard work. Famous people
born today: Smokey Robinson, Amy Tan, Copernicus, Lee Marvin, Justine Bateman. If You Were Born Today, February 20:
You possess tremendous poise and grace and while you may come across as very
patient and calm, you can be impulsive and restless. Sensitive and concerned,
partnerships mean a lot to you. You are always aware of others and their needs,
and this is factored into your own decisions. You thoroughly enjoy being there
for someone you love. Creative and intuitive, you are able to make something of
your talents, but were not meant to focus on only one or two paths. As much as
you crave security, you also need movement and small changes to keep you
inspired. Famous people
born today: Kurt Cobain, Cindy Crawford, Buffy Saint Marie, Gloria Vanderbilt,
Sidney Poitier, Rihanna, Patty Hearst, Kelsey Grammer, Ivana Trump. If You Were Born Today, February 21:
You are generally very well-liked and inspiring to others. Others might not know
just how sensitive you are, as your outward personality is easygoing. A tad
moody, you frequently experience restlessness on an emotional level. Many of you
possess literary talents and a fine sense of humor. You have a pragmatic and
organized side to your personality that is distinct but not always immediately
apparent. Famous people
born today: Anais Nin, Erma Bombeck, Chuck Palahniuk, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Nina
Simone. If You Were Born Today,
February 22: While sensitive and concerned with others' welfare,
you are not afraid to be different. In fact, many of you feel a "calling" early
in life, or feel special or different. This can lead you on an unusual path, but
always a very expressive one. Your ideas are unique and creative, and you feel
compelled to share them! In fact, you can be very persuasive and intriguing.
Many of the choices you make in life are altruistic ones. Famous people
born today: George Washington, Ted Kennedy, Drew Barrymore, Steve Irwin, Sybil
Leek. If You Were Born Today, February 23: Considerate, sensitive, and passionate, you are also determined in your work,
once you've found the right path for you. Focusing on one path, however, is
something that can be challenging for you, as you value variety in your work and
you are multi-talented with many different interests. You possess a wonderful
blend of logic and intuition, as both sides are well-developed and this means
you can understand most any concept or subject. Idealistic in relationships, you
must avoid the trap of expecting too little or too much from them. Famous people
born today: Peter Fonda, Johnny Winter, Michael Dell, Dakota Fanning, Aziz
Ansari, Emily Blunt. If You Were Born Today, February 24:
Charming, quirky, and outgoing, it might surprise some that you require a lot of
time to yourself to recharge and refresh yourself just to get back on track. You
are an interesting conversationalist, including as many people as possible in
the conversation, and you are extremely versatile as well. You bend over
backwards to help those you care about. Your compassionate side is
well-developed, but so is your business sense. You have a good head for
business, although it may take you some time to choose the right career path for
you. Famous people
born today: Eddie Murray, Abe Vigoda, Steven Jobs, Paula Zahn. If You Were Born Today, February 25:
Ahead of your time in your thinking, always, you have an unusual perspective on
life. You are highly intelligent and can easily take the lead in any sort of
project you undertake. Others instinctively trust you, and you demand honesty
from others. However, you are also a forgiving soul at the end of the
day--always aware that imperfection not only is a reality, it's beautiful in
your eyes. You rarely feel understood, however, even though you strive to
understand others as best as you can. Famous people
born today: George Harrison, Tea Leoni, Enrico Caruso, Rashida Jones, Sean Astin. If You Were Born Today, February 26:
Your intuition rarely fails you, especially when it comes to quickly, fairly,
and accurately sizing up someone you meet. This does not mean you are immune to
wishful thinking, however, as you are a dreamer. However, you are also a dreamer
who believes in hard work to achieve your goals. There are many times in your
life that your personal life takes a backseat to your career, as you are
ambitious and have something to prove, if only to yourself. You need a partner
who can keep up with your varied tastes and talents. Famous people born today:
Johnny Cash, Jackie Gleason, Levi Strauss, Teresa Palmer, Victor Hugo, Fats Domino, Ja Rule,
Tony Randall. If You Were Born Today, February 27:
A person who puts others first before yourself, you are compassionate, caring,
and giving. Yours is a mysterious charm. You are personable and charming, yet
you carry a dreamy quality to you that others find fascinating. Wishful thinking
can cloud your judgement at times, but you are a true artist with a vision.
Moody, you are easily affected by the moods and emotions of others around you
and sometimes have a hard time drawing up boundaries. Alone time will be
necessary in order to recharge your emotional batteries. Famous
people born today: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Steinbeck, Peter de Vries, Joanne Woodward, Elizabeth Taylor, Ralph Nader,
Kate Mara, Timothy Spall. If You Were Born Today, February 28:
You are hungry for knowledge and to apply your intelligence to projects that are
meaty and important. You have a calm exterior that draws others to you.
It's as if you might heal others only with your presence, as you have a very
comforting effect. Even so, you have an independent streak that is unmistakable,
and you are stronger than others might imagine. Extremely appealing, most of you
find it easy to attract who and what you want into your life. Limitations upset
you, and you demand (nicely) to have your freedom and to be loved for who you
are. Famous people born today:
Bernadette Peters, Mario Andretti, Brian Jones, Gilbert Gottfried. If You Were Born Today, February 29:
You are a highly creative and
sensitive person with a special, quiet magnetic appeal. You are loyal in
partnership and often give more than you receive. You can be somewhat
crisis-oriented, as you instinctively move towards new learning experiences.
Your main challenge in life is to put the past behind you and to avoid letting
worries and fear rule your life. While you are an eternal student of human
nature and of life itself, you have much to teach others. Famous people born
today: Dinah Shore, Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabato Jr., Joss Ackland, Dennis
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Since President Obama's election, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has been making noises about a shift in approach and priorities towards addressing drugs and drug problems — as opposed to its previous "War on Drugs" approach, which criminalized what is primarily a public health issue. Last month's 53rd Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting was a marker on how the US would present this much-ballyhooed new face to the international community.
But first a word of explanation about the CND to set the stage for understanding this year's events and its significance. The CND is the United Nations entity charged with setting global drug policy and passing it down to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Each spring the CND has its yearly meeting at its headquarters in Vienna. Last year's CND (the infamous 52nd annual meeting) was a tempestuous event centering on the inclusion of the term "harm reduction" in the major Political Declaration intended to sum up the findings and recommendations of the meeting. Although CND is a consensus-driven event, 26 countries bolted at the close in protest when "harm reduction" was excluded from the Political Declaration. Remember, for other countries, harm reduction is the designated approach to addressing drug use. To exclude it is a denial of reality and a slap in the face of countries that have embraced it.
This CND looked to be different. For one, the new ONDCP political appointees named by the Obama administration were the first indicator of change. The ONDCP Director (or "Drug Czar," in common parlance) is Gil Kerlikowske. He may be a law enforcement appointee — a top cop — but his latter-day experience was as Chief of police in Seattle, a city with a large needle exchange program in a part of the country that has integrated a harm reduction approach into its drug strategy as well as hosting an active drug reform community. Kerlikowske's No. 2, the newly appointed ONDCP deputy director, is Tom McLellan, a well-known proponent for drug treatment. In a very early sign of the new administration's break from its predecessor, Kerlikowske declared the term "War on Drugs" an unhelpful appellation. (He also let it be known that changing the tack of the former strategy would be like altering the course of a massive oil tanker.)
Even before these ONDCP appointments, the U.S. under the Obama administration publicly reversed its position on syringe exchange by acknowledging that the science was indisputable: as an intervention for stemming the spread of HIV among drug injectors, syringe exchange works. This was a 180 degree turn from the previous administration. And yet, while the new ONDCP clearly embraces some of the tools and methods of the harm reduction approach to addressing drug problems, it still considers the term itself taboo.
Another hopeful sign: the new ONDCP shows some measured degree of openness to engaging members of the harm reduction community. We, like all other progressive change communities, never managed to have any real discussion or dialogue with ONDCP staff under the Bush administration. When, at last year's CND meeting, which took place just months after Obama's inauguration, several of us in the harm reduction camp left a hard-worked-for meeting with some ONDCP staff, a member of the latter remarked that this was the first time that the US delegation had been allowed to meet with "drug legalizers." (Within the ONDCP bubble, any group that challenges the prevailing drug war paradigm is labeled a "drug legalizer" — a term in the U.S. propaganda clampdown that has nothing to do with regulating drug markets and everything to do with selling crack to 5th graders.) The so-called "drug legalizers" that talked to the delegation in Vienna last year included such organizations as the Harm Reduction Coalition, Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office on Latin America — all of whom have a serious critique of the failings of U.S. drug strategies but none of which actually work on drug legalization.
It's honestly hard to tell at this point whether the ONDCP's new approach is a cynical placation device or a more genuine but wary openness and curiosity. Consider the 45 minute conference call with Director Kerlikowske during which 10 or so drug reform groups were invited to make three or four points towards the development of ONDCP's new soon-to-be-released drug strategy. (Again it was all of the pigeon-holed "drug legalizers" on this one particular call.) On the one hand, inviting us was a tokenistic and nonsensical gesture; on the other, it was the first time that a diversity of input was considered.
But I digress. Back to last month's 53rd Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which promised to be less controversial than the tension-ridden 52nd and more of a convivial lovefest. We were watching to see how the U.S. presented itself to the world. Could it be a uniter or would it continue in its divisive approach? Things started looking up the very first day, with opening speeches from Kerlikowske and McLellan. Both men's presentations were eminently pragmatic, reasonable, knowledgeable — and devoid of War on Drugs rhetoric. McLellan's approach was the treatment angle. Kerlikowske disappeared to trade war stories with the Russians but his Deputy stayed throughout and was a charm. "Is the glass becoming more than half full?" I wondered in my daily blog post.
In fact, as I note in my post from the first day, Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Progress Towards a Pain Free World? the U.S. sponsored a resolution that may allow more access to pain medication for chronically- or terminally- ill patients. This may not seem like a big deal here in the US, where patients in the last stages of illness are often provided with liberal amounts of pain medication. But we are, as a recent, excellent report from Human Rights Watch, notes, the exception: 150 countries have no access to medical opioids or other effective pain medication. No morphine, no Fentanyl — no nothing. Since what the U.S. says often goes, global drug policy-wise, for both better and worse, this resolution could have a true positive impact on people's lives worldwide. It was refreshing to hear McLellan critique the shortcomings of the current U.S. drug treatment system. (Here is my full post, Reforming Drug Treatment in the US: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back.)
In contrast to the usual rhetoric, which places all the blame for failure on users and accredits all good news to the wonders of the current system, McLellan called for market-driven reforms — reforms that take into account the needs of drug users.
But here's the rub. Despite McLellan's talk of a market-driven system, the US is still averse to the inclusion of the words "people who use drugs" in international resolutions and documents, and continues to actively work to have this language removed. And that clause usually appears in the context of having drug users at the table so that they can have input into policy and service development. If the US is serious about addressing stigma, exclusion, and discrimination against people who use drugs, shouldn't it come up with a plan to do so without stigmatizing, excluding and discriminating against them?
Finally, as I noted in my wrap-up post — Most Improved (Drug Policy) Player: the USA — the U.S. remains, despite its realigned approach to drug policy under the new administration, doggedly opposed to the actual use of the term "harm reduction" while simultaneously supporting many of the practices associated with it. For example, the U.S. statement regarding demand reduction reinforced this administration's support of needle exchange as well as every intervention that appears in the UNODC, WHO, UNAIDS Technical Guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users. But it also made clear that the U.S. doesn't support harm reduction interventions that it doesn't consider geared toward decreasing drug use, such as safe injection sites.
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I suggest their 10K version, the HL-10K-6.
One thing about all of the Hashies that I've tried (and measured) is that they like to be driven from a source impedance very close to their rated impedance. In this case, the 7-8K from the 26 should match pretty well with the 10K primary. If you were to use the HL-20k-6, you'd likely experience a good deal of treble peaking. But, as always, YMMV. JL |
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* type26cun LTSpice model .subckt type26cun P G K CGK G K 3.5p CPK P K 2.2p CGP G P 8.1p * koren 4 Bp P K I=(0.0169871083m)*uramp(V(P,K)*ln(1.0+exp((12.3990 4937)+(12.39904937)*(8.189852358)*V(G,K)/V(P,K)))/(12.39904937))**(1.40553086) * koren 8 * Bp P K I=(0.01505035691m)*uramp(V(P,K)*ln(1.0+(0.04617378 061)+exp((13.71786498)+(13.71786498)*((8.563661196 )+(9.663362929m)*V(G,K))*V(G,K)/sqrt((-1.856325497e-005)**2+(V(P,K)-(-5.468070728))**2)))/(13.71786498))**(1.432783777) .ends type26cun |
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Today I finished the 26 pre-amp, albeit still need to build the power supplies. I did a listening test and was very surprised with the results. Great sound, very warm and natural and gave me the additional slight gain I needed. I tried a pair of Sylvania 26, which could notice a bit of hum induced when I put my hand around the tube! Then switched to a pair of CX-326. Much better mid and treble. Noticed that when HT was off had a distinct hum noise which is gone when I apply the HT. Any ideas why this could be? I have the output floating to the amp i.e. the LL1660 secondary is not grounded... Thanks Ale
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Well, that looks great! And the (expandable) pictures are great also. Thanks for sharing.
Hum after switching off your HT is a strange phenomenon. Is this happening when filament supply is still on? Looks like the only source then. Are there two filament resistors in series and then two parallel to get 10 Ohm? Looks like a little overkill to use an 80W (in total) resistor to dissipate only 10W. Peter |
3rd October 2011, 06:13 PM | #1228 |
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Hi Peter,
Thanks, it's coming along after all the effort. I'm suspecting is my HT bench supply as I turned down an output voltage setting potentiometer and not switching it off as I said on my previous post, so will do some tests to find out root cause. I did left the heater supply on by the way. It looks like is the HT supply as I can't explain otherwise why the hum is gone when both supplies are active... Now need to crack on the power supply design. I will use an AZ1 with a pair of fast diodes for the bridge, an LCLC stage with 20H chokes and 47uF oil caps and a Salas HT shunt regulator for the HT supply...
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I'll be curious how you'll fare with the shunt regulator and output transformer. My #26 preamp prototype has an ugly 15mV RMS ripple with the shunt regulator and the Hammond 156C choke as load. I know for sure that my regulator has very low noise because when I replace the choke with a 4K resistor or a DN2540 CCS the output is very clean. The only way I can explain it is that there is some sort of weird interaction between the choke load and the shunt regulator. I will replace the shunt regulator with a VR150 tube regulator and see how that fares.
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Topic: Kathleen Sebelius
The Shrinking Mandate and Freedom
We won't know the outcome of today's hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court of the Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius case, which tests the right of the government to impose a mandate forcing all businesses to pay for contraception and abortion-inducing drugs, until later this spring. As I wrote yesterday, the case is a crucial test for the future of religious freedom in this country since if the government prevails it will mean that persons of faith will be obligated to abandon their principles if they wish to participate in commerce. But though it is widely understood that this case is the byproduct of the ongoing fight about ObamaCare, what is not often pointed out is that President Obama's favorite tactic in trying to soften the blow of his signature health-care law prior to the 2014 midterms highlights the hypocrisy of his administration's arguments before the courts.
Over the course of the last year, the administration has granted numerous exemptions and delays to businesses and various types of individuals from having to comply with the law. As Politico reports today, the extent of how far the individual mandate has shrunk is astounding. The point of that exercise is to reduce the pain felt by both businesses and consumers in order to tamp down the general outrage about the law that has been growing since its passage. Democrats say these moves have just been a matter of common sense for a scheme that is in its infancy. But it is telling that the one exemption that the administration has never considered and is, in fact, willing to go to legal war over, is the mandate that is being resisted by Hobby Lobby and other companies with related lawsuits that are being decided by the high court. This is not merely a matter of political bias that can serve as a talking point about the case. As questions from the justices to Solicitor General Donald Verrelli indicated today, it goes directly to the argument put forward by the government that its purpose in compelling Hobby Lobby's owners to discard their religious scruples constitutes the "least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest" as defined by the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
New ObamaCare Losers: Public Employees
Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius mocked the idea that ObamaCare is costing people their jobs. Sebelius even went so far as to say that "every economist will you tell you" that there is no evidence of job loss. According to her, the whole idea of economic suffering related to the misnamed Affordable Care Act is a "myth." While that kind of hyperbole is easily exposed (Every economist? Really?), ObamaCare critics don't need to beat the bushes to find conservative economists to counter that assertion. All they need to do is to read today's New York Times.
The number of those who have already been hurt by ObamaCare are legion, including millions of individual purchasers of insurance who have lost their coverage or been denied the ability to keep their doctors in spite of President Obama's promise to the contrary. But it's long been accepted that the employer mandate will eventually reduce the number of full-time workers because of new rules about coverage requirements. Yet it turns out that those affected are not just employees at small or mid-sized companies. The impact on one of President Obama's key support group turns out to be just as bad. As the New York Times reports:
Cities, counties, public schools and community colleges around the country have limited or reduced the work hours of part-time employees to avoid having to provide them with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, state and local officials say.
The cuts to public sector employment, which has failed to rebound since the recession, could serve as a powerful political weapon for Republican critics of the health care law, who claim that it is creating a drain on the economy.
President Obama has twice delayed enforcement of the health care law's employer mandate, which would subject larger employers to tax penalties if they do not offer insurance coverage to employees who work at least 30 hours a week, on average. But many public employers have already adopted policies, laws or regulations to make sure workers stay under that threshold.
Sebelius was as wrong about the question of ObamaCare's impact on employment as she was about the rollout of the law's website. But the problem for the administration isn't just a credibility gap that was already as big as the Grand Canyon. It's that the ranks of ObamaCare losers are now growing and being filled by people that are the backbone of the Democratic Party. That means the real myth about ObamaCare is the assumption that once it goes into effect it will be transformed from an unpopular law to a beloved national institution like Social Security.
Latest Exemption Shows OCare Unraveling
Only a few months ago, the White House and Democrats scoffed when Republicans suggested that the implementation of ObamaCare be postponed in order for the government to understand exactly what it was foisting upon the country. Nothing could stop the administration's determination to roll out the president's signature health-care legislation on time. All liberals and some conservatives as well were convinced that once it began, the debate about its wisdom would cease as the extension of benefits would make it as universally popular as Social Security and Medicare. But though the White House is still insisting that all will come right in the end, they may be wishing they had taken the GOP's offer. In the latest example of the problems the administration has encountered in trying to make ObamaCare work, it announced late yesterday that yet another aspect of the law will be delayed. As the New York Times reports:
Millions of people facing the cancellation of health insurance policies will be allowed to buy catastrophic coverage and will be exempt from penalties if they go without insurance next year, the White House said Thursday night.
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, disclosed the sudden policy shift in a letter to Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, and five other senators. It was another effort by President Obama to cushion the impact of the health care law and minimize political damage to himself and Democrats in Congress who adopted the law in 2010 over solid Republican opposition.
The decision is an attempt to shield Democrats from voter outrage about the impact of the law until after the 2014 midterm elections. But while beleaguered Democrats are happy of any reprieve, however belated, the decision comes too late to avoid adding to the general public impression of the rollout as a disaster that doesn't seem to get better despite repeated White House promises that the worst is behind them. Taken as a whole, the list of exemptions and delays in the implementation of the misnamed Affordable Care Act is leaving the country asking what exactly were all the geniuses in the West Wing and the Department of Health and Human Services doing during the two years between the bill's passage and the start of this fiasco?
Cost-Free Accountability
A post-script to yesterday's congressional testimony by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: In response to a question, she said, "Hold me accountable for the [federal health-care exchange] debacle. I'm responsible."
This is among the oldest tricks in the book–to say you're the responsible party as a way to avoid being held accountable. The words are meaningless. What exactly does holding her accountable mean? That she resign? Not a chance. That she be reprimanded by the president? No way. She has his "full confidence." Nothing is different after her testimony than before it.
This is cost-free accountability.
Sebelius and the Arrogance of Power
At one point early in her appearance before a House committee this morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave the country a moment of clarity in response to a question. "Hold me accountable for the debacle. I'm responsible." Yet almost every other thing she said in her testimony was aimed not only at evading her own responsibility for the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare but also to obfuscate the lies the administration has told about the program as well as the utter lack of accountability about the expenditure of vast sums on a website that is not only dysfunctional but insecure.
The most egregious of her comments was to claim in an exchange with Rep. Joseph Pitts that "the website has never crashed." Ironically, at the very moment that she was saying this, the website had crashed. That sort of denial is almost clinical in nature. But what was most telling about Sebelius's performance was not so much the ongoing denial that uncounted millions are losing the coverage they were told they could keep or her difficulty in answering any detailed questions about why the website had been so poorly designed or why her department had failed to supervise the project adequately or account for its lack of functionality or security. Instead, it was the arrogant, cavalier nature of her responses to questions about the debacle.
Make ObamaCare's Failure the Story
Former Bush press secretary and current Fox News host Dana Perino has some good advice for House Republicans planning on questioning beleaguered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week: don't be jerks. That's the short version of a piece she ran on the Fox News website today and members of the Energy and Commerce Committee should take her five tips to heart when Sebelius comes before them on Wednesday. But the hearing is more than just an opportunity for the much-reviled House GOP to prove they can appear in public without making fools of themselves. After Saturday Night Live's deft satire of Sebelius this past weekend, the secretary has already been elevated from an obscure former Kansas governor to a national laughing-stock. What Republicans need to do now is not only, as Perino points out, avoid making her look sympathetic but to start focusing on how this happened as well as the major ObamaCare problems that go far beyond a dysfunctional website.
As John Steele Gordon previously noted, the Daily Caller's story published last week about the identity of the company that was given the contract to build Healthcare.gov raises tantalizing questions about whether this was just another sweetheart deal to an Obama contributor, not to mention the possible ties of one of its chief officers to the first lady. Congress should not ignore these leads, but neither should they be overplayed in a high-handed manner. As Perino writes, the committee members should act like they know what they're talking about instead of just spouting and wind up making viewers feel sorry for Sebelius; they should come armed with facts, "bottle the fake outrage," channel the frustration of conservatives about this boondoggle, and be able to say what they're for as well as what they're against.
But we also need to move beyond the website problem to the dire consequences for many Americans of what happens once this legislation is put into action. The president promised the country no one would lose the plans they already had or have their costs go up. We already know that isn't true. Policies are being cancelled because they don't meet ObamaCare's specifications, forcing many Americans to buy new plans with theoretically better coverage but also at much higher prices. Indeed, at this point, it may well be that more people have lost their existing coverage than have signed up for ObamaCare.
Is It Wrong to Root for ObamaCare to Fail?
As Democrats attempt to deflect the torrent of criticism coming their way in the wake of an ObamaCare rollout that was an undeniable fiasco, one of their key talking points centers around an attempt to blame it all on mean Republicans who can't let go of their opposition of the president's signature legislation. As liberal blogger Ezra Klein wrote in the Washington Post, there's a certain cognitive dissonance involved when those who actually want to repeal a piece of legislation complain that it is being incompetently administered. Maybe so. However, the implication coming from many of the administration's defenders is that there's something inappropriate if not unpatriotic about anyone wanting the government to fail. It's almost as if they're saying that hoping for ObamaCare to crash and burn is like rooting against the U.S. Marines if you didn't happen to approve of the president's decision to send them to fight in a particular war. After all, we all follow the flag and support our troops no matter what we think of the commander in chief or his policies. Or at least we should.
But ObamaCare is not the moral equivalent of an unpopular war. It's a massive government program whose implementation infringes on the liberty of citizens (forcing them to purchase a product they may or may not want), taxing them in the form of penalties, and expanding the scope of government interference in a major industry and almost certainly damaging the economy. ObamaCare may not fail in the sense that it is theoretically possible that the administration will eventually figure out how to run a website, implement its provisions, and enforce it, though, given its track record, that is far from a given.
But those who believe it to be a wrongheaded and dangerous scheme are fully within their rights to hope that it collapses of its own weight long before it becomes part of the basic infrastructure of the federal leviathan. Indeed, conservative arguments against it have always centered, at least in part, on the fact that government simply hasn't the competence to run health care and should not be allowed to try. Why should we blame them for saying "I told you so" as they toast the hard work of Kathleen Sebelius and the rest of the president's minions to prove them right?
Obama Sticks With Incompetence
Yesterday on CNN embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she had not informed President Obama about the problems affecting the Healthcare.gov website prior to it going live on October 1. That the person in charge of implementing the president's signature health-care legislation was not only incapable of protecting the administration from a major embarrassment but actually kept him out of the loop about an impending debacle ought to be enough to get her (or anyone in similar circumstances) fired. But as Politico reports today, the consensus in Washington is that Sebelius is still untouchable because of the political difficulties involved in replacing her.
That Sebelius's job is not in jeopardy because of politics tells us a lot about what's wrong with this administration. Though the president and his followers seem to spend most of their time excoriating their Republican opponents as mindless partisans, once again this seems to be a case of projection. The fact that Republicans and conservative pundits are calling for Sebelius's head seems to be enough reason to keep her in office despite her painfully obvious incompetence demonstrated during the ObamaCare rollout. The president has said that Republicans would stop calling it ObamaCare once they saw that it worked. But now that it isn't working and with no assurances that it will be functioning properly anytime soon, he may be thinking that Reason's Nick Gillespie was onto something when he suggested the other day that the White House may now be thinking that it should be renamed "SebeliusCare."
Organ Allocation Should Be Done By Doctors, Not Judges
If you're an avid viewer of cable news, you've likely heard the story of Sarah Murnaghan several times over the past few weeks. Murnaghan is a 10-year-old girl from Pennsylvania who was, until today, dying while waiting for a lung transplant due to cystic fibrosis. The girl's family has been able to do what few other families with dying loved ones are able to: generate enough publicity to potentially save the life of their daughter. Yesterday Murnaghan underwent surgery to receive a lung transplant that she has been waiting for for the past year and a half.
The outcome is heartwarming: Who doesn't want to see a young girl get a new lease on life? The story, however, raises some serious questions about ethics and best practices in a field that is already fraught with tension over life-and-death decisions.
The Scandals and ObamaCare
The New York Times is worried about the IRS scandal–but not for the reasons that have alarmed most Americans. Since the paper actually encouraged the government to target conservative organizations for prejudicial treatment last year, its response to the outrageous conduct that even the White House condemned has been somewhat equivocal, rather than expressing the fears that others feel about the tax agency involving itself in partisan politics. What they're really scared about, though, is the possibility that anger about the IRS and big government in general that this and other administration scandals have engendered will make it more difficult to implement ObamaCare. Though the Times's editorial page is usually wrong about most issues, they're right on target on this score.
That's exactly why congressional Republicans shouldn't back away from the idea of attempting to separate the IRS from the role the bill has them playing in rolling out this vast expansion of government power. Similarly, they should also investigate the efforts of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to shake down corporations in order to get them to contribute to a campaign to pressure people to enroll in the act's health exchanges.
Catholics Angered by Choice of Commencement Speaker
To be precise, it's Georgetown's Public Policy Institute that will reportedly host Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – the official behind the birth control mandate – as its commencement speaker.
As you might imagine, the Catholic Cardinal Newman Society is furious:
It is scandalous and outrageous that America's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university has elected to provide this prestigious platform to a publicly "pro-choice" Catholic who is most responsible for the Obama administration's effort to restrict the Constitution's first freedom — the right to free exercise of religion — while threatening the survival of many Catholic and other religious colleges and universities, schools, charities, hospitals and other apostolates.
Georgetown insults all Americans by this honor. The selection is especially insulting to faithful Catholics and their bishops, who are engaged in the fight for religious liberty and against abortion. The contrast is stark between Georgetown University and those faithful Catholic colleges and universities that have stood for faith and freedom.
Holder and Sebelius, Looking Very Weak
Eric Holder and Kathleen Sebelius's Washington Post op-ed responding to yesterday's federal court ruling on ObamaCare is arresting. Neither its style nor its force is remarkable. Rather, it is arresting in its refusal to call the decision wrong in accordance with the law. Here's how Holder and Sebelius address yesterday's judgment: "Opponents claim the individual responsibility provision is unlawful because it 'regulates inactivity.' But none of us is a bystander when it comes to health care. All of us need health care eventually."
This is actually false. Most adults choose to seek health care eventually. Some of us — and we all know such people — resist health care in every single circumstance. Others — a very lucky minority — are not opposed to seeking health care as a matter of personal policy but never find themselves sick enough to enlist a medical professional. All this is to say Holder and Sebelius brush rather breezily over the sticky question of what constitutes a "need," and it is a contention about universal need on which they claim the constitutional soundness of ObamaCare. Weak stuff.
Never do they assert that it is lawful to regulate inactivity. Nor do they demonstrate that not purchasing insurance is not inactivity. They treat the issue as some sort of communally understood given, and blur the legal question out of existence. The rest of the op-ed is devoted to the economics of insurance and the mentioning of people who are ill. Both of those are of supreme importance to health-care policy as a whole. But neither has much to do with yesterday's ruling. So the judge was wrong simply because "none of us is a bystander when it comes to health care" and because people are sick in America. That's not legal, and if it's the best they can do, they're in trouble.
Lots and Lots of People Will Lose Their Current Coverage
Obama promised that if you liked your health-care coverage, you could keep it under ObamaCare. But not really. Not remotely close, actually:
McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul.
The move is one of the clearest indications that new rules may disrupt workers' health plans as the law ripples through the real world.
Trade groups representing restaurants and retailers say low-wage employers might halt their coverage if the government doesn't loosen a requirement for "mini-med" plans, which offer limited benefits to some 1.4 million Americans.
It's not simply the mini-med plans (which don't meet the ObamaCare regulation "to spend at least 80% to 85% of its premium revenue on medical care" because of high turnover and administrative costs). ObamaCare is already wreaking havoc throughout the health-care system:
McDonald's move is the latest indication of possible unintended consequences from the health overhaul. Dozens of companies have taken charges against earnings—totaling more than $1 billion—over a tax change in prescription-drug benefits for retirees.
More recently, insurers have proposed a round of double-digit premium increases and said new coverage mandates in the law are partly to blame. HHS has criticized the proposed increases as unwarranted.
We also learned this week:
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has notified customers that it will drop its Medicare Advantage health insurance program at the end of the year, forcing 22,000 senior citizens in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine to seek alternative supplemental coverage.
The decision by Wellesley-based Harvard Pilgrim, the state's second-largest health insurer, was prompted by a freeze in federal reimbursements and a new requirement that insurers offering the kind of product sold by Harvard Pilgrim — a Medicare Advantage private fee for service plan — form a contracted network of doctors who agree to participate for a negotiated amount of money. Under current rules, patients can seek care from any doctor.
The administration kept promising that the public would like what they found in ObamaCare. However, the more they see, the more they are likely to conclude they were scammed.
UPDATE: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the Wall Street Journal's story is false. But her denial is suspect: "Sebelius suggested that McDonald's may in fact get a waiver from HHS that would enable the fast-food giant to continue offering limited benefits plans to its employees. But neither Sebelius nor McDonald's officials have ruled out the possibility that the company would drop such insurance coverage, which is what the Journal claimed."


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Greta Garbo, as Grusinskaya in Grand Hotel, was famous for saying: "I want to be alone, I just want to be alone." On Friday September 27, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 370, which requires an operator of a website or online services that collects "personally identifiable information" to disclose how it responds to "do not track" signals. Companies operating commercial websites and online services will likely need to update their privacy policies to comply with new requirements in California as the result of the amendment of the California Online Privacy Protection Act ("CalOPPA").
When the law comes into effect on January 1, 2014, companies will be required to include online information about how they respond to "do not track" signals, as well as other new information about their collection and use of personally identifiable information. More specifically, companies will need to disclose:
Companies who collect personally identifiable information should review their data collection practices and their privacy policies so they are able to make any necessary changes required by the bill. Under the existing law, companies are, however, given thirty days after receipt of a notice of noncompliance to post their privacy policy before they will be in violation of the law.
Attorney General Kamala Harris supported the new law and recently has taken action to enforce CalOPPA, including creating a Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit within the California State Department of Justice and notifying mobile application companies of the applicability of CalOPPA and potential noncompliance with CalOPPA. In December 2012, Attorney General Harris brought an action against Delta Airlines alleging that it had violated CalOPPA and the California Unfair competition Law by failing to "conspicuously post a privacy policy in its Fly Delta app." The action was dismissed on May 9, 2013. In support of its motion, Delta had argued that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 preempted CalOPPA's application to the Fly Delta app, which provides airline related "services" as defined by the ADA. While many questions remain with regard to CalOPPA and whether the California State Attorney General has authority to pursue CalOPPA claims against non-California operators and whether mobile apps qualify as websites and online services within the meaning of CalOPPA, this case made clear that the California Attorney General's office interprets CalOPPA to apply to mobile apps. and that it will take legal enforcement action to enforce its interpretation of CalOPPA.
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"OCCOLD, a parish in the hundred of Hartismere, county Suffolk, 2½ miles S. by E. of Eye, its post town, and 5½ S.E. of the Mellis railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the hamlet of Benningham Green, and is within the parliamentary borough of Eye. The soil is extremely fertile. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £405, and the glebe comprises 43 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Norwich, value £362. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a square embattled tower containing a clock. The interior of the church contains a brass to W. Corbald. It underwent extensive alterations in 1854. The register dates from 1681. The parochial charities produce about £120 per annum, of which £62 is realised by the town estates. There is a National school. The Baptists have a place of worship. The Rev. Charles Chapman is lord of the manor."
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- St Michael, Church Lane, Church of England
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